Relating to the disclosure of certain fraud detection information obtained in the administration of the unemployment compensation system, the official text

H.B. No. 2788

AN ACT

relating to the disclosure of certain fraud detection information

obtained in the administration of the unemployment compensation

system.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 301, Labor Code, is

amended by adding Section 301.087 to read as follows:

Sec. 301.087. CERTAIN FRAUD DETECTION INFORMATION NOT

PUBLIC INFORMATION. (a) In this section, "fraud detection

information" means any information, including risk assessments,

reports, data, protocols, technology specifications, manuals,

instructions, investigative materials, crossmatches, mental

impressions, and communications, that may reveal the methods or

means by which the commission prevents, investigates, or evaluates

fraud in its administration of Subtitle A.

(b) Fraud detection information is not public information

for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code, and is excepted from

the requirements of Section 552.021 of that code.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2788 was passed by the House on May 6,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 6, 1 present, not

voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2788 was passed by the Senate on May

20, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

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Governor